Learning about dealing with People and Business

Life is a constant classroom.

Along the way you pick up things that can majorly change your life and the way you deal with people and business. Most of the time it gets forgotten and your ego takes a hold and drives you the way it wants to, forgetting a lot of the lessons learned along the way.

This is especially true when in start-up mode. The ups and downs take you on such a ride that it is impossible not to fall back to your instinct and ego. When your ego takes over it is truly your personality that runs everything. If you have an abraisive personality, but have learned how to control it over the years, it will come out in full force while you are playing fight or flight trying to accomplish the things you set out to do.

There are three things that I would care to remind myself, so my personality or ego can never fully take over.

1) People are motivated by your energy and drive to do things. If you worry less about telling people to do things and lead with calculated example, pretty soon others will follow suit.

2) Constant improvement is instant worth. If you are the best at something, people will follow.

3) Only rely on people when they volunteer their resources and are ready and willing to do so. Trying to motivate someone who is unmotivated is completely worthless and will end up using more energy than if you did the task completely by yourself.

I realize this post is a little more abstract, but it is something I wish I could remind myself everyday.